Launceston Airport

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The Launceston Airport, Launceston Airport also, is an airport located in the northern part of the island belonging to Australia Tasmania. The airport is located in the area of the small town Western Junction and is associated with the nearby town of Launceston, which is also the namesake of the airport. The airport today plays an important role in plants characterized by vacationers air traffic Tasmania and is named after the Hobart International Airport is the second busiest airport on the island.

History

Construction of the airport began in 1931. The opening of the dirt at this time the airfield under the name Western Junction Airfield took place in 1935. Starting In 1945 the now- existing use by the Royal Australian Air Force, what next in the coming years the increasing number of passengers to expansion projects and projects led that. among other things, the extension of the aprons, taxiways and the attachment of the main start and runway 14R/32L 1988, the airport was transferred together with several other Australian airports in the state's Federal Airports Corporation. In 1998, was part of the Airport Act 1998, the privatization, with the airport to the Australia Pacific Airports Pty Ltd for a set fee for the next decades was leased.